Told You So

The big news this week was a poll taken by Quinnipiac University  (The Home of The Poll Taking Bobcats. Really) that showed President Nerd Obama has been rated the worst President since the end of World War II.

That's really something if you think about it. That's including a lot of stinkerzoid Presidents.

Like Georgia's own beloved son, Jimmah "Jimmy" Carter, who ran for President on the slogan "I will never lie to you and I will carry my luggage". Since it was in the '70's, this message resonated with the American people. As a Georgian, you would not believe how big a deal it was when Carter became President. It was like we suddenly belonged.

This was a Presidential Address. Really

The main thing I remember about The Carter Presidency is disco music. Which was horrible. Everybody was on the dance floor and we had to get up and boogie cause we liked the night life. John Travolta was considered a sex symbol back then, that's how bad it was.

This was considered sexy in The '70's

 
Carter told us to turn the thermostat down in the winter and just wear a sweater if you got cold. He said we were in a "malaise" and it was our fault. He talked with his daughter about "nukler were" (nuclear war).

It also means people consider Obama worse than Gerald "R" Ford, our only unelected President (don't ask, it was complicated). President Ford's accomplishments: Freeing Poland from Communism, WIN buttons, and making Chevy Chase a star, something we've never forgiven Ford.

Ford to Chase: "You are a very funny suburb" (Chevy Chase, Md is a DC suburb)

It  includes Lyndon Baines Johnson who was the President I first remember mainly because he would pre-empt "Flipper" for one of his Presidential speeches that always began: "Mah feller 'Mericans".
 

Now Johnson did sign several important Civil Rights bills but then he decided to escalate an unwinnable land war in Vietnam. That in turned caused the older Baby Boomers to take drugs and run around naked (before the 60's, nobody took off their clothes, even while taking showers).

It also means people see President Obama as worst than Richard Nixon. When I was a teenager, the worst President in the history of the Galaxy was Richard Nixon. He was considered evil but goofy by people, kind of like that YouTube parody about Darth Vader's brother Chad Vader.

President Obama also beat President George W. Bush as the worst President which had to sting a little.

What is the reason for the President's  poor showing?

One, and it is not unique to Obama, is that second terms are always a pain for the President. Roosevelt had a terrible second term. Eisenhower's stunk too. Nixon didn't make it to the half way point of his second term. Reagan had Iran Contra. Clinton got impeached.  Bush had Katrina. Second terms are always a mess.

Second and this is unique to Obama, he is simply not a leader. He is a scold. He whines, complains, and nags. Here's what happens to whiners and complainers: they get ignored.

Obama's number one accomplishment, besides feeding Bin Laden to the fishes (which you got to give him credit for) is The Affordable Care Act. He said it was going to drive down insurance costs (it didn't and it won't). If you liked your health insurance you could keep it ( fat chance). If you liked your doctor, you could keep him. Period. (Um, we'll get back to you on that.)

People are real funny about their health insurance. They want it to pay everything and they don't want it to cost anything.  The main thing is they don't want to have to think about it. The Affordable Care Act has made that almost impossible. It combined the worst of health insurance with the worst of government.

Of course, it is just a poll. People rank Kennedy as a good President although he really didn't do much. Nobody remembers Truman or Eisenhower. We liked Reagan and Clinton due to a good economy.

Obama could come back and years from now when I don't have to pay a co-payment on my birth control pills, I'll look back and think Obama was an awesome President.

Nah, I knew he was going to be bad. I told you so.